This opinion is wild bud. Firstly, I disagree with the every hour of every weekday; once you take into account breaks, lunches, the much shorter working day, sports, and the way classes should usually be front-loaded with information then flipped for engagement, you’re maybe spending 10-15 hours a week “learning” and the rest practicing/applying. In my career I’ve generally had to spend much more than that each week learning.

Secondly you aren’t slaves, you have the option to down tools and just remain poorly educated without ramifications that endanger you immediate life/safety. That you don’t is as much to do with knowing it’s a shit idea, as it is societal pressure.

Thirdly, the people of Ancient Greece didn’t pay attention every second, but when their mind wandered they were at least able to move back to the topic at hand, tbh, if you miss enough context scrolling reels, you won’t be able to catch back up, and so many will just give up and stay on their phones.

Lastly, society around you pays for your education, it’s part of the social contract we live in. The resourcing of schools is already woefully low, please define how stretching those resources to accommodate completely preventable delinquency, is at all worthwhile. By draining time you aren’t only robbing the school, you’re taking from the students next to you who don’t want to spend their time acting like entitled children.

[–] SwampYankee@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

In my career I’ve generally had to spend much more than that each week learning.

Important point. If you're in a career that's at all demanding, you are going to be learning for the rest of your life. School prepares you for that. The specifics aren't important, what you should be learning in school is approaches to research, study, and problem solving. Schools could probably do more to make that clear.

[–] kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Instead of squeezing school children, we could tax the wealthy at all? That is, if money is your concern.